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but the pick for ryan was not by romney. you look at what the wall street journal, look at what bill kristol and them said. now they're saying romney can't move away from ryan's budget. they were out talking yesterday. bill kristol said he can't just be for ryan for v.p., he's got to be for the ryan program. they want to take over the whole romney campaign. >> bob, let me ask you this quickly. it's not only medicare. president was out slamming congressman ryan for holding up the farm bill which is going to hurt him in a lot of those states. he says it endangered the livelihoods of millions. take a listen. >> right now too many members of congress are blocking the farm bill from becoming law. i am told that governor romney's new running mate might be around iowa the next few days. he's one of them standing in the way. we've got to put politics aside when it comes to doing the right thing for rural america and for iowa. >> looks like the president and his team is going to define mr. ryan on several issues that will not resonat
but the pick for ryan was not by romney. you look at what the wall street journal, look at what bill kristol and them said. now they're saying romney can't move away from ryan's budget. they were out talking yesterday. bill kristol said he can't just be for ryan for v.p., he's got to be for the ryan program. they want to take over the whole romney campaign. >> bob, let me ask you this quickly. it's not only medicare. president was out slamming congressman ryan for holding up the farm bill...
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ryan has taken cover behind mitt romney. but, wait a minute, mitt romney's record on abortion, that's got a few holes in it too. ryan might as well take cover behind a chain-link fence if he's going to be hanging around romney. ryan told reporters that mitt romney's position on abortion will win out in the end. >> mitt romney's going to be the president and the president sets policy. his policies exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother. i'm comfortable with it, because it's a good step in the right direction. >> now, if you're paul ryan, it's easy to say that mitt romney has taken steps in the right direction. just last year, romney showed the world how quickly he's prepared to drop his support for any exceptions in abortion cases. >> would you have support of the constitutional amendment that would have established the definition of life at conception? >> absolutely. >> the amendment romney will absolutely sign would basically outlaw all abortions if roe versus wade is overturned. that's really the end game for
ryan has taken cover behind mitt romney. but, wait a minute, mitt romney's record on abortion, that's got a few holes in it too. ryan might as well take cover behind a chain-link fence if he's going to be hanging around romney. ryan told reporters that mitt romney's position on abortion will win out in the end. >> mitt romney's going to be the president and the president sets policy. his policies exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother. i'm comfortable with it, because it's a...
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paul ryan. isn't that something? wait a second. romney/ryan, romney/ryan, romney/ryan. there we go. thank you. >> wow. you know things are bad when a nominee has to remind people he's the one on the top of the ticket. suddenly, this reunion is not feeling so good. joining me now is nia-malika henderson, a reporter for "the washington post," and ryan grim, reporter for "the huffington post." thanks for being here. >> great to be here, rev. >> nia, i've been around politics since i was a teenager, i've never seen anything that bad where the nominee had to stop the crowd and put his name out front. i mean, this is a little crazy, don't you think? >> and you've seen this before. you've seen people, you know, sort of tripping up on romney's name, calling him mitt romney. you've seen him on "60 minutes" rep minding that he's the one on the ticket running for president. ryan has energized this ticket. barack conservatives on board. now you have conservatives saying, unleash ryan and have him talk more about policy and his plans for the future of the country. but it has been a bit of a stic
paul ryan. isn't that something? wait a second. romney/ryan, romney/ryan, romney/ryan. there we go. thank you. >> wow. you know things are bad when a nominee has to remind people he's the one on the top of the ticket. suddenly, this reunion is not feeling so good. joining me now is nia-malika henderson, a reporter for "the washington post," and ryan grim, reporter for "the huffington post." thanks for being here. >> great to be here, rev. >> nia, i've been...
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tonight's question, if paul ryan is mitt romney's vp selection, who does it help? text "a" for democrats, text "b" for republicans to 622639. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. i am joined tonight, in honor to have howard dean in studio with us, former governor of vermont and former chairman of the dnc. governor, go ahead to have you with us. >> thanks for having me on, ed. >> how big of an asset, either way, is this ryan budget plan that the president is really making the focal point of what his campaign's going to be? >> what ryan does in this budget is shift the risk of price increases in health care from the government to people over 65. so this is a disaster. this budget is a disaster. it's a disaster in every way. it actually increases the deficit substantially, because, of course, he's got tax cuts in there that aren't paid for, just like george w. bush did. so i have to agree with you, i hope he does pick paul ryan for his vice presidential. first, it will show a sign of weakness with and second
tonight's question, if paul ryan is mitt romney's vp selection, who does it help? text "a" for democrats, text "b" for republicans to 622639. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. i am joined tonight, in honor to have howard dean in studio with us, former governor of vermont and former chairman of the dnc. governor, go ahead to have you with us. >> thanks for having me on, ed. >> how big of an asset,...
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ryan, not romney believes in things.
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is mitt romney willing to defend what ryan has once done? is he ready to stand in national debate and i'm i'm for dumping medicare and making abortion premeditated murder? is mitt ready to climb aboard the ryan express and let the right wing social engineer change the direction of this country? with me now two politico pros. michael steele and bob shrum. i want to start with shrum. mitt romney finally admitting he's running on the paul ryan plan. last night he told a green bay station his plan and ryan's are the same. let's watch. >> paul ryan and my plan for medicare, i think is the same. if not identical, it's probably close to identical. >> shrummy, i think what we're seeing here is the same kind of evolution on the ticket we saw with w and cheney where the vp set the pace because the vp has deep convictions like cheney did and w didn't have them. here we have setting the tune for his new partner romney. tell me what you think about what's going on, the identical nature of their health care plans. the far out right wing position that ryan
is mitt romney willing to defend what ryan has once done? is he ready to stand in national debate and i'm i'm for dumping medicare and making abortion premeditated murder? is mitt ready to climb aboard the ryan express and let the right wing social engineer change the direction of this country? with me now two politico pros. michael steele and bob shrum. i want to start with shrum. mitt romney finally admitting he's running on the paul ryan plan. last night he told a green bay station his plan...
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paul ryan is as old as one of mitt romney's sons. and so, the campaign is hoping that he brings a kind of youthful energy on stage. and that's certainly-- has been evident in the last couple of days. >> cordes: so, ruth, i'll ask you, given everything you heard from john, does that mean that mitt romney made the right pick? >> i don't think so, with all due respect. i love the idea of an ideas-driven campaign, but this seems to me to be extremely risky. and i'm going to go out on a limb. it feels like it could be sarah palin with substance and a paper trail. >> cordes: what do you mean by that? >> what i mean, is, look, vice presidential nominees are important to the extent that they tell us something about the presidential nominee. what this tells us about the presidential nominee is he has decide and there have been lots of questions about what does mitt romney really believe? he now has told thawls he really believes in paul ryan's vision of america, and paul ryan's budget. i thought it was very interesting that eric fehrnstrom in
paul ryan is as old as one of mitt romney's sons. and so, the campaign is hoping that he brings a kind of youthful energy on stage. and that's certainly-- has been evident in the last couple of days. >> cordes: so, ruth, i'll ask you, given everything you heard from john, does that mean that mitt romney made the right pick? >> i don't think so, with all due respect. i love the idea of an ideas-driven campaign, but this seems to me to be extremely risky. and i'm going to go out on a...
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let's listen to will on romney. >> this uncertainty surrounding the romney/ryan tax cut plan because they have not specified the deductions that will be closed, and we know where the big money is. mortgage interest deductions, charitable deductions, taxing as compensation which it is, i mean, making -- creating 96,000 jobs is not enough, but it's certainly better -- >> let's -- i want to get to him first because you will be surprised what he says. here is conservative columnist doing a job explaining what's wrong with romney's proposal. let's listen to will on romney. >> this uncertainty surrounding the romney/ryan tax cut plan because they have not specified the deductions that will be closed, and we know where the big money is. mortgage deduction, and state and local are what hit stinking details is the message to the public. i think this creates a real big opening and you saw what david gregory was able to do to him or what jay leno does in talking about earlier in the show. barack obama will have a wide opening on the debate to say, mitt, if you can give us magic ponies, please t
let's listen to will on romney. >> this uncertainty surrounding the romney/ryan tax cut plan because they have not specified the deductions that will be closed, and we know where the big money is. mortgage interest deductions, charitable deductions, taxing as compensation which it is, i mean, making -- creating 96,000 jobs is not enough, but it's certainly better -- >> let's -- i want to get to him first because you will be surprised what he says. here is conservative columnist...
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"a romney/ryan administration will always ensure that disaster funding is there for those in need, period." period? vice president joe biden was campaigning also in the sunshine state today. president obama returns to the campaign trail tomorrow. he plans to barnstorm seven battleground states over the next several days. but today, we did not see politics in action. what we saw was government in action. people with authority to make decisions. chris christie is not the first person, i think, that you would think of when you come to the, you know, arena of bipartisan cooperation. he is a mitt romney supporter and a fierce opponent of many democratic issues. for whatever reason, we saw a different chris christie with president obama today. this is what cooperation looks like. when the american people need government to work, these two elected officials became leaders, and are in lockstep with each other. about time, isn't it? things are getting done. so many politicians run for office saying that they are going to reach across the aisle when they get to washington, and they're going to get
"a romney/ryan administration will always ensure that disaster funding is there for those in need, period." period? vice president joe biden was campaigning also in the sunshine state today. president obama returns to the campaign trail tomorrow. he plans to barnstorm seven battleground states over the next several days. but today, we did not see politics in action. what we saw was government in action. people with authority to make decisions. chris christie is not the first person, i...
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reporters asked paul ryan if he's on the same page with romney. >> our position's unified. our position's consistent and that hasn't changed. >> what is your position? >> you'll find -- i'm sure you'll find out in these debates. >> were you upset that he said that to -- >> no, no position change. our position's very consistent. >> romney could only dodge the question so much. the campaign went into full spin mode. romney's spokeswoman, andrea saul, had to mop it up again. she gave a statement to the conservative "national review"." governor romney would of course support legislation aimed at providing greater protections for life." tony perkins got on the phone to say, don't worry, romney made a gaffe, this is not a change of position at all. perkins confirmed the campaign called and assured him romney wasn't changing his support for pro-life issues. romney himself tried to dig himself out of a hole. >> i'm a pro-life candidate and i'll be a pro-life president. the actions i'll take immediately are to remove funding for planned parenthood. >> it's hard to understand how mit
reporters asked paul ryan if he's on the same page with romney. >> our position's unified. our position's consistent and that hasn't changed. >> what is your position? >> you'll find -- i'm sure you'll find out in these debates. >> were you upset that he said that to -- >> no, no position change. our position's very consistent. >> romney could only dodge the question so much. the campaign went into full spin mode. romney's spokeswoman, andrea saul, had to mop...
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it's not just in the romney campaign and the ryan part of the romney campaign. it's throughout the republican party. they're trying to limit the number of people who can vote, keep certain kinds of people away from polls, they're trying to reduce the size of the electorate, trying to circle the wagons. they're running this very reactionary campaign. if they lose and beyond that this is not a winning strategy for a country becoming more they are on the wrong side of history here in so many ways. >> well said. thank you. >>> up next, both campaigns are lawyering up in case the battle for the white house isn't cleanly won tomorrow night. i hate this mess that's coming. already there are big problems to tell you about down in guess where. florida. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> president obama sent bill clinton here to pennsylvania today after mitt romney campaigned here yesterday. will try on espn's monday night football. tonight's game is between the saints and the eagles. and the president will be looking to make up ground tomorrow. we'll be righ
it's not just in the romney campaign and the ryan part of the romney campaign. it's throughout the republican party. they're trying to limit the number of people who can vote, keep certain kinds of people away from polls, they're trying to reduce the size of the electorate, trying to circle the wagons. they're running this very reactionary campaign. if they lose and beyond that this is not a winning strategy for a country becoming more they are on the wrong side of history here in so many ways....
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six studies say the romney/ryan math adds up. the talking point's been so great that a top romney adviser took it for a spin over to the home field this weekend. and he wasn't expecting this. >> six different studies have said this is entirely doable. >> that wasn't the question. some of them are blog and independent groups. >> these are very credible sources and -- >> one of them is a from a guy who -- a blog from a top adviser to george w. bush. these are hardly nonpartisan studies. >> chris, i think if you look at harvard and aei, they are very credible sources. >> you wouldn't say that aei is a conservative think tank? >> it's a light leaning think tank but that doesn't make it uncredible. >> it doesn't make it partisan. >> two blogs from the conservative think tank, american enterprise institute. another nonpartisan study is from the conservative think tank, the heritage foundation. their own website said that it's a paper written by, ready for this one, a former bush adviser. study number five, five says -- is written by "t
six studies say the romney/ryan math adds up. the talking point's been so great that a top romney adviser took it for a spin over to the home field this weekend. and he wasn't expecting this. >> six different studies have said this is entirely doable. >> that wasn't the question. some of them are blog and independent groups. >> these are very credible sources and -- >> one of them is a from a guy who -- a blog from a top adviser to george w. bush. these are hardly...
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let's listen to will on romney. >> this uncertainty surrounding the romney/ryan tax cut plan because they have not specified the deductions that will be closed, and we know where the big money is. mortgage interest deductions, charitable deductions, taxing as compensation which it is, employer provided health insurance, and state and local taxes. all of those you either hit only the rich in which case you don't get much money or you hit the middle class. >> exactly my point. all the deductions he talked about, charitable contributions, mortgage deduction, and state and local are what hit everybody. >> listen, this is part of a theme, and you can see -- >> but he won't tell it. >> you can see it building to the debate. he won't show us his taxes, won't tell us his tax plan. paul ryan has all these unspecified spending cuts. so when obama and others say are you going to take people off pell grants and throw them out of head start, he goes no, we're not, that's not in the plan, but he won't say where the spending cuts come from. on taxes, personal taxes and spernding cuts, they won't gi
let's listen to will on romney. >> this uncertainty surrounding the romney/ryan tax cut plan because they have not specified the deductions that will be closed, and we know where the big money is. mortgage interest deductions, charitable deductions, taxing as compensation which it is, employer provided health insurance, and state and local taxes. all of those you either hit only the rich in which case you don't get much money or you hit the middle class. >> exactly my point. all the...
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well, now that romney/ryan campaign is coming off a bit of a couple rough weeks there. some conservatives have just got the answer. simply let ryan be ryan. that was the advice they dished to "the new york times" today. but is that really the smart move, really? joan walsh is editor-at-large of salon and author of "what's the matter with white people." and eugene robinson is a pulitzer prize win be columnist from "the washington post." i think there are problems marrying paul ryan politically like his positions. isn't that the reason why romney kissed him, said good-bye, i like your name, ryan is cute, but i'm not going to get too close to a guy who wants to basically get rid of medicare, cut medicaid, get rid of pell grants and do all kinds of things to make rich people richer. he doesn't want to get too tight with that thinking, does he? >> no, he doesn't. this is a really banner day for us because it's so rare that liberals and conservatives can agree about anything, as you know, but today we can all say together, yes, please let paul ryan be ryan. please let paul ry
well, now that romney/ryan campaign is coming off a bit of a couple rough weeks there. some conservatives have just got the answer. simply let ryan be ryan. that was the advice they dished to "the new york times" today. but is that really the smart move, really? joan walsh is editor-at-large of salon and author of "what's the matter with white people." and eugene robinson is a pulitzer prize win be columnist from "the washington post." i think there are problems...
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let's listen to will on romney. >> this uncertainty surrounding the romney/ryan tax cut plan because they have not specified the deductions that will be closed, and we know where the big money is. mortgage interest deductions, charitable deductions, taxing as compensation which it is, i mean, making -- creating 96,000 jobs is not enough, but it's certainly better -- >> let's -- i want to get to him first because you will be surprised what he says. here is conservative columnist doing a job explaining what's wrong with romney's proposal. let's listen to will on romney. >> this uncertainty surrounding the romney/ryan tax cut plan because they have not specified the deductions that will be closed, and we know where the big money is. mortgage interest deductions, charitable deductions, taxing as compensation which it is, employer provided health insurance, and state and local taxes. all of those you either hit only the rich in which case you don't get much money or you hit the middle class. >> exactly my point. all the deductions he talked about, charitable contributions, mortgage deduct
let's listen to will on romney. >> this uncertainty surrounding the romney/ryan tax cut plan because they have not specified the deductions that will be closed, and we know where the big money is. mortgage interest deductions, charitable deductions, taxing as compensation which it is, i mean, making -- creating 96,000 jobs is not enough, but it's certainly better -- >> let's -- i want to get to him first because you will be surprised what he says. here is conservative columnist...
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this is not some romney/ryan spread sheet. these are real people with real families and their real jobs were saved by president obama's policies. >> just a few years ago when the auto industry was flatlining, what was in his and governor romney's play book? let detroit go bankrupt. we weren't going to let detroit go bankrupt or lordstown go bankrupt or toledo go bankrupt. i stood with american workers. i stood with american manufacturing. i believed in you. i bet on you. i'll make that bet any day of the week. and because of that bet three years later that bet is paying off for america. >> the president bet on america time and time again. and because of that, we're better off. case closed. joining me now is chairwoman of the democratic national committee, congresswoman debbie wasserman shultz. thanks for joining me tonight. >> thank you. great to be with you again. >> what does the president need to do this week? >> what we're doing this week unlike the invitation only corporate infused back room deal smoke filled room affair
this is not some romney/ryan spread sheet. these are real people with real families and their real jobs were saved by president obama's policies. >> just a few years ago when the auto industry was flatlining, what was in his and governor romney's play book? let detroit go bankrupt. we weren't going to let detroit go bankrupt or lordstown go bankrupt or toledo go bankrupt. i stood with american workers. i stood with american manufacturing. i believed in you. i bet on you. i'll make that...
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you don't have to look much farther than the budget plan proposed by romney's running mate, paul ryan. 62% are proposed cuts in the plan come from programs for low-income people. $3.3 trillion will be cut from medicaid, food stamps, job training and more. if that doesn't convince you, take a look at romney's tax plan. americans making under, i say under $30,000 a year, the moochers that romney is talking about, they are going to pay actually pay more in taxes under president romney if he get there is. millionaires get tax cuts by at least 6.9%. in the past romney has said the least fortunate among us are already taken care of by government programs. >> i'm in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, i'll fix it. >> but if ryan and romney have their way, the social safety net will be eliminated, privatetized, you can count on it. that's why he doesn't care about the 47% of the country. he's talking about an ideology. he's getting ready to let them fall right through the safety net that this country
you don't have to look much farther than the budget plan proposed by romney's running mate, paul ryan. 62% are proposed cuts in the plan come from programs for low-income people. $3.3 trillion will be cut from medicaid, food stamps, job training and more. if that doesn't convince you, take a look at romney's tax plan. americans making under, i say under $30,000 a year, the moochers that romney is talking about, they are going to pay actually pay more in taxes under president romney if he get...